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Overview"Rockaway Beach was once a popular seaside resort in south Queens with a small permanent population. Shortly after World War II, large parts of this narrow peninsula between the ocean and the bay became some of New York City's worst slums. A historian who grew up in the community and his wife, a social worker, together present an illuminating account of this transformation, exploring issues of race, class, and social policy and offering a significant revision of the larger story of New York City's development. In particular, the authors qualify some of the negative assessments of Robert Moses, suggesting that the ""Power Broker"" attempted for many positive initiatives for Rockaway. Based on extensive archival research and hundreds of hours of interviews with residents, urban specialists, and government officials past and present, Between Ocean and City is a clear-eyed and harrowing story of this largely African American community's struggles and resiliency in the face of grinding poverty, urban renewal schemes gone wrong, and a forced ghettoization by the sea." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lawrence Kaplan , Carol KaplanPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.468kg ISBN: 9780231128483ISBN 10: 0231128487 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 16 April 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Resort in Summer and Winter 2. Race and Real Estate 3. The Trestle Burns and the Projects Begin 4. Rockaway's Welfare 5. Robert Moses and the End of a Resort 6. Storms over Title I 7. Where They Live 8. Trends of the Sixties 9. The Whitest Neighborhood in New York 10. Divergences 11. The 310 Acres 12. The ReckoningReviewsA clear-eyed and harrowing story of a largely African American community's struggles in the face of grinding poverty, urban renewal schemes gone wrong, and a forced ghettoization by the sea. -- www.farrockaway.com This study is required reading for historians... Highly recommended. -- Choice a photographic portrait through fifteen well-chosen images, each really saying more than a thousand words -- Eugenie L. Birch, The Journal of American History Overall this is a very good book...that is worth the time of any scholar with an interest in urban development...I plan to have my doctoral students read it. -- Robert K. Whelan, Journal of Urban Affairs A clear-eyed and harrowing story of a largely African American community's struggles in the face of grinding poverty, urban renewal schemes gone wrong, and a forced ghettoization by the sea. www.farrockaway.com This study is required reading for historians... Highly recommended. Choice a photographic portrait through fifteen well-chosen images, each really saying more than a thousand words -- Eugenie L. Birch The Journal of American History Overall this is a very good book...that is worth the time of any scholar with an interest in urban development...I plan to have my doctoral students read it. -- Robert K. Whelan Journal of Urban Affairs Author InformationLawrence Kaplan, who has taught British and American history at the City College of New York, spent his formative years in Rockaway. Carol P. Kaplan is a practicing social worker and an associate professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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